Leather-waterproofing composition



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER L. ULLRIGI-I, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. v

LEATHER-WATERPROOFING COMPOSITION.

1,334,573. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar, 23, 1920,

No Drawing. Application filed April 17, 1919. Serial No. 290,777. To all whom it may concern: water-proof should be dipped, entire1ysub- Be it lrnown that I, ALEXANDER L. U LL merged in the composition while the latter is RICH, a citizen of the Unlted States, residing still warm which fills the pores of the leather at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State and gives it a shiny. polished finish. The

of Illinois, have invented certain new and leather thus treated besides being made useful Improvements in Leather -Waterwater-proof is improved in quality and approofing Com osition, of which the followpearance and will not check or harden or ing is a speci cation. otherwise deterioratel The invention relates to a composition for In using this water-proof leather in the treating leather to render the same watermanufacture of shoes it increases the lasting proof Without producing any injurious efqualities of the thread used in stitching. fects and which will not cause the surface of In using nails in water-proofed soles, the the leather to check or the body of the leather remains compact and firm and the leather-to harden, but which rather will renpores do not open and release the nails, der the leather pliable and increase its pewhich has been one of the objections to other riod of service. so-called water-proof composition.

The composition consists essentially of tar Instead of drip oil I may use benzole and drip oil, combined in bulk about fortywhich is also a by-product in the manufaciive per cent. of the oil to fifty-five per cent. ture of gas. The benzole is a refined product of the tar. An odorant' isadded such as oil but possesses the same features asthe drip of mirbane, oil of sassafras, oil of citronella oil when used in the composition with tar. and the like, one to five per cent. of the odor- Having thus fully described my invention, ant being added according to its strength. what I claim as new and desire to secure by The tar may be any bituminous product. Letters Patent is The drip oil is a by-produot of water gas, the A leather water proofing composition, oil being pumped from the drips after the composed of tar fifty-five per cent. and drip as has been manufactured. oil forty-five per cent.

While the best proportions consist of In testimony whereof I affix my signature forty-fiiye Iper cenpi 01f oil to fifty-five fper in presence of two witnesses. cent. 0 t e tar t e eat er waterroo'n composition can be obtained from zi slidin g ALEXANDER ULLRICH' scale of sevent per cent. of tar to thirty per Witnesses: cent. of oil an vice versa. MARION MUNDT,

The leather to be treated to render it Mrs. ALEX UILRIGH. 

